ENLIGHTENMENT THROUGH DRAMA

THE BLACK POET SINGS TWOWATER FROM AN ANCIENT WELLA SWEETNESS IN THE STRUGGLEBITTERSWEET BROADWAYSISTER RABBIT TAKES HARLEMAnd many others.......Each production is accompanied with teacher study guides, concrete teaching ideas and suggested materials for preparation, participation and follow-up activities.

Your donation makes possible BlackStage NY's Enlightenment Through Drama Project for Young Audiences. This program presents a compilation of dramatic scenes, dramatized character studies, monologues, storytelling,poetry, folktales and even a little song-and-dance that explores the history of African Americans in America from 1525 through today.

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1. Which of today's African American performers is likely to go down in history as being "great?"

JAMES HEWLITTShakespearean ActorAfrican Grove TheatreNew York City 1821-1824
When black entrepreneur, actor and playwright William Brown opened his Off-Broadway African Grove Theatre in 1821, he and his starring performer James Hewlitt, along with an all-black cast, performed Shakespearean plays with such skill that they seduced white audiences away from the all-white Park Theatre located a few blocks away. Stephen Price, manager of the Park Theatre, sent rowdies to disrupt the African Grove performances.Send an email